Left ventricular mass: allometric scaling, normative values, effect of obesity, and prognostic performance.

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Published in Hypertension on May 10, 2010

Authors

Julio A Chirinos1, Patrick Segers, Marc L De Buyzere, Richard A Kronmal, Muhammad W Raja, Dirk De Bacquer, Tom Claessens, Thierry C Gillebert, Martin St John-Sutton, Ernst R Rietzschel

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa, USA. Julio.chirinos@uphs.upenn.edu

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